The Korea Hapkido Federation is the largest, wholly hapkido, governing body for the Korean martial art of hapkido in the world. It is made up of predominantly Korean born students and instructors or those individuals who have directly trained in South Korea. This organization is based in Seoul, South Korea and its president is Oh Se-Lim.
Founder
was the founder of the original Korea Hapkido Association in 1965. The first president of the Dae Han Hapkido Hyub Hoe was Park Jong-Kyu who was Head of Security Forces for the South Korean president. Later Kim Woo Joong, president of the Dae Woo company was elected president of the KHA. These political connections greatly increased the association's power and influence. The prime movers in this organization were members of Ji's original 'Sung Moo Kwan'. The KHA later grew into the Republic of Korea Hapkido Association with the merging of Ji han Jae's 'Dae Han Hapkido Hyub Hoe', Kim Moo-Hong's 'Han Gook Hapkido Hyub Hoe' and Myung Jae Nam's 'Han Gook Hapki Hoe' in 1973. Choi Dae-Hoon was elected president of the association with Ji Han Jae serving as senior vice president. By 1983 Oh, See Lim, with the political problems and many of the original founding members of the association departing, renamed the association by the name first used by Ji, the Dae Han Hapkido Hyub Hoe, with a new preferred English rendering and the new Korea Hapkido Federation was born. On September 1, 2008, Oh, See Lim retired as President of the KHF and was succeeded by Kim, Jong-Youn. President Kim served as a policeman for over 33 years and was a Hapkido instructor for the police department. He is a direct student of Kim, Moo-Hong, founder of Sin Moo Kwan.
Prominent members
A list of people who were or are prominent members of the Korea Hapkido Federation.
Igor Pereira dos Santos — Korea Hapkido Federation certified 4th Dan - POA,Rio Grande do Sul,Brazil
Holcombe Thomas — Korea Hapkido Federation certified 8th Dan - Springfield, VA, USA
Hal Whalen — Korea Hapkido Federation certified 7th Dan - Boston, MA, USA
Lee Sung-Soo — Korea Hapkido Federation Certified 9th Dan - Australia
Sam Plumb — Director Korea Hapkido Federation United Kingdom Certified 7th Dan
Shin, Hang Shik — Dae Han Hapkido Federation Certified 9th Dan - Atlanta, GA, USA
Seo, Min Su — Dae Han Hapkido Federation Certified 7th Dan - Atlanta, GA, USA
— Director of the Korea Hapkido Federation over the United States, Korea Hapkido Federation certified 8th Dan - St. Louis metro area, MO, USA
Scott Shaw — Korea Hapkido Federation certified 7th Dan - California, USA
Julian Lim @ LTC Dr. Alif Aiman Abdullah — Hapkido Sung Moo Kwan, President of Korean Martial Arts Asia Pacific, Korea Hapkido Federation certified 7th Dan - Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
— Korea Hapkido Federation certified 6th Dan & Hapkido Sung Moo Kwan - Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
— Korea Hapkido Federation certified 4th Dan & Hapkido Sung Moo Kwan - Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Alton Jong Muh — Korea Hapkido Federation certified 4th Dan & Hapkido Sung Moo Kwan - - Kuching, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA
Andrew Barnes — Korea Hapkido Federation Certified 4th Dan - Australia
Nigel May — Korea Hapkido Federation certified 6th Dan AUSTRALIA & Hapkido Sung Moo Kwan
John A. Johnson, PhD — Korea Hapkido Federation certified 6th Dan
Son Tae-Soo — Korea Hapkido Federation certified 7th Dan - Philadelphia, PA, USA
Konrad Spillmann — Korea Hapkido Federation certified 5th Dan - Gallatin TN, USA
Kang Seok Lee — Korea Hapkido Federation certified 7th Dan - North Carolina, USA
Woo — Korea Hapkido Federation certified 7th Dan - Springfield, VA, USA.
